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Little Foster Creek Soapstone Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025118
MRDS ID K000078
Record type Site
Current site name Little Foster Creek Soapstone Mine
Related records 10249267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.60958, 35.92537 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sams Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOAPSTONE USED FOR HEARTH STONES, CUT INTO TALC PENCILS AND/OR GROUND INTO POWDER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Soapstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Biotite Granitic Gneiss
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE AS DISEMINATED GRAINS, CRYSTALLINE MASSES AND/OR VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madison County Soapstone District

Comments on the production information

  • DISTRICT PRODUCTION FIRST IN 1868; SECOND PERIOD OF PRODUCTION IN LATE 1930'S CONTINUING TILL EARLY 1940'S; LAST ACTIVITY 1963 WHEN ATTEMPT TO OPEN MINES FAILED

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTRICT PRODUCTION FIRST IN 1868; SECOND PERIOD OF PRODUCTION IN LATE 1930S CONTINUING UNTIL EARLY 1940S; LAST ACTIVITY 1963 WHEN ATTEMPT TO OPEN MINES FAILED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZEN, E.H., 1971, SOAPSTONE IN MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: MINERALS RESEARCH LAB., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV., JULY PROGRESS REPT., 18 P.

  • Deposit

    WIENER, L.S., AND BENTZEN, E.H., 1972, SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN CERTAIN SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 114

  • Deposit

    1971 RECON NC DEPT CONS & DE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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